Usneaceae Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) Massal.

Caribou Moss

Eskimo, Inuktitut - Other, Fuel

Use documented by:
Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191

View all documented uses for Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) Massal.

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Scientific name: Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) Massal.
Common names: Caribou Moss
Family: Usneaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Inuktitut
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fuel
Notes: Dried plant used for tinder.

RECRD: 6491 id: 1956

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